Introduction to StitchReady Fall 2025
Week 1: Simple Edge to Edge Designs
BONUS 1 Auditioning Edge to Edge Designs
Week 2: More Intricate E2E Designs
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Week 2 Notes
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Curve and Pencil Tools (9:52)
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Artwork Tool (8:13)
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Understanding Anchor Points (7:24)
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Copy/Paste vs Duplicate (2:25)
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Editing Designs (12:15)
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Designing an Overstitch (5:33)
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Repeating Designs (4:23)
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Design from Separate Pieces (13:29)
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Batch Save (3:09)
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Your Assignment (1:20)
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When Designs Flip Around (6:16)
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Weeks 1 and 2 LIVE (83:18)
Pincushion Project
Week 3: Fun Design Tools
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Welcome Back (0:50)
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Week 3 Notes
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Using Multiple Design Tools (1:32)
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Bezier Tool (3:02)
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Backdrop Tool (4:14)
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Using the Backdrop Tool to Draw (12:28)
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Navigator Tool (1:06)
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Editing the Design (9:36)
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Reflect Tool (5:32)
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Split VS Slice (2:03)
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Carousel Tool (8:22)
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Echo Tool (5:59)
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Adding Notes (1:22)
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Your Assignment (1:23)
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Week 3 LIVE (88:24)
BONUS 2 MEET MEGAN BEST
Monster Mash Group Project due October 15, 2025
Week 4 Importing Artwork
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Week 4 Welcome to Week 4 (0:43)
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Week 4 Notes
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Week 4 Distributing Designs (3:25)
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Week 4 Aligning Designs (4:46)
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Understanding Shaping Tools (17:14)
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Complex Designs (14:10)
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Combine's Possibilities (9:37)
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File Types (5:53)
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Magic Wand Tool (28:25)
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Auto Vectorizing (5:51)
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Importing SVGs (8:25)
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Working the Butterfly (15:42)
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Week 4 Assignment (2:19)
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LIVE Meeting Recording (47:26)
Week 5 Working with Text
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Welcome (0:52)
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Week 5 Notes
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Basic Block Letters (7:22)
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Connecting Letters (8:04)
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Attaching the Dots of Letters and Joining ALL the Letters (4:17)
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Envelope Shaping (1:55)
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Adding Fonts (3:21)
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Script Letters (5:23)
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Auto Vectorize with Microsoft Paint (8:05)
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Using Procreate on the iPad (3:49)
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Text ON Path (3:26)
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Text on a Path- Edge to Edge (14:51)
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Adding Echoes and Rays (7:19)
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Changing Colors in PSD (3:17)
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Your Assignment (1:05)
Week 6 The Power of Areas
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Welcome to Week 6 (0:54)
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Notes
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Custom Area Method 1 (5:33)
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Custom Area Method 2 (4:25)
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Custom Area from Design (2:27)
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Open Standard PS Areas (0:52)
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Editing to Fit Areas (8:47)
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Changing a Design (7:50)
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Block to E2E (11:13)
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Block to E2E Part 2 (20:13)
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Your Assignment (1:11)
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BONUS LIVE October 20 (59:15)
BONUS 3 MEET BARBIE MILLS
Week 7 Designing Your Own Blocks
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Welcome (0:53)
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Notes and Handout
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Free-Hand Drawing a Motif (3:54)
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Tracing a Motif (4:33)
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Moving Drawings to Your Computer (1:28)
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Drawing the Design with Curves (6:43)
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Editing the Design (8:49)
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Building a Design Suite (10:24)
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Editing the Hand-drawn Flower (7:06)
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Your Assignment (1:42)
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Week 7 LIVE (90:53)
BONUS 4 Making Feathers
Week 8
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Welcome (0:54)
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Notes and Files
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Playing with Outlines (3:54)
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Make Your Own Motif (4:33)
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Revisiting Designs on a Path (2:03)
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Playing with Fills (7:21)
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Embroidery on the Longarm (11:53)
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Embroidery Stitchout (6:27)
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Designing a Needle Book (30:06)
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Needle Book Stitch Out (9:07)
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LIVE with Sandra and Kaye (59:14)
BONUS 5 MEET JEN ESKRIDGE
Week 9 Project Based Applications
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Using a Cutting Machine (9:36)
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Using a Cutting Machine Part 2 (8:08)
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Planning Raw Edge Applique (10:11)
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Raw Edge Applique Stitchout (7:48)
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Using Accuquilt Files with Designer (11:27)
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Accuquilt Stitch Out (11:26)
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Designing a Pillow Cover (29:49)
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Pillow Cover Stitch Out (22:52)
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Week 9 LIVE and "Graduation" (60:23)
